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I was able to get them to seat with just a normal floor pump, the main technique that worked for me was to ensure the complete tire is in the middle of the rim with NO SEALANT, then inflate it and get it seated, then deflate leaving it seated, then add sealant via the value with a syringe (purchased from clicks). When I tried with the sealant in - it seemed to "lubricate" the contact area and failed. I was almost about to give up, then tried cleaning it and moving the tire to center of the rim and that worked very well. Lots of variables though i.e rim type, sealant type - so may/may not work for you. Good luck . I'll type up an update later but I'm still loving the GP5000s - 3 races and around 2,000km so far, no punctures (more luck I know, but lets hope it continues ). The rear tyre has about 4 pretty bad cuts and is showing quite a bit of wear. Overall I'm at the point where I won't go back ... might change my tune after that first roadside cursing to get it back on the rim if there is a major fail though! What is super awesome is twice on a horribly rough road, I've stopped and dropped my pressure to around 50/60 PSI and presto - instant shocks, ride is super smooth

Yeah big oopsie having someone else's name and ID Number on the envelope Wonder who has mine! Looks like an Excel sort error or something - maybe that's how I got my seeding too

I would never purposefully wish for a hill like that at the end - but we probably still have to ride up to get to the car. Its going to be quite a different race without that last bit of suffering when you are dead from vissershok. Where are the school kids going to cheer from .

Awesome race, was a bit slippery at the very start with the rain, but great warnings from the Marshall's to our group and sensible riding from everyone. I'm thankful overall for the cooler conditions, great day out on the bike .

M should be the medium route i.e 70Kms - I assume that is what you registered for unless something else went wrong with their number allocation? The website shows L(102km), M(70km) and S(45km) high-level start times at: http://www.paarlrotary.co.za/cycle-tour.html I've got some friends doing S after ironman and they start at 8:30, so I'd suggest getting there for 7am if your in M.

Mine matches CL group - start time 6:30am

Weather looks great, looking forward to it . Hopefully not as much suffering as last week's Cyclosportif - good training regardless.

Seems like they are trying to avoid the registration queues with a new SMS system as per the PPA event email today (see extract below). It might work quite well, saves the time of hunting through sheets to find people's names. At least they are trying to speed things up - hopefully it works . The other challenge would be getting the right number of toilettes - its still unpredictable especially if you've had to drive in from quite far out.

- I know the feeling all too well, my first set of road tubeless were also the Giant Gavia tires that came with the bike. I had glass cut at 6pm thru Woodstock, limped to a 'safer spot' near the bridge and got everything covered in sealant. The cut was too big to hold any pressure - after cursing and getting a tube into the tire it got another flat from the cut about 1km from home ... walked the rest of the way.

My GP5000 tubeless seem to still be holding up ok - around 1300kms odd with Revo-seal. I can see around 5 cuts in the rear tread, but nothing's got through the fibre layer yet. Hopefully they hold out well for Stellenbosch this weekend .

1D too - see you at the start

Hoping the current weather predictions hold - looks like awesome conditions .

Thanks David, its becoming a really awesome tool!

.. thinking to yourself, wow today feels like a great ride only to get to work and realize you forgot the laptop at home .

Yup, always risky in the groups with rain and corners - I was happy to slow down a bit at the end. The last corner on the downhill going back to the start of Helshoogte saw quite a few people slide out.

I'm in - looking forward to the first 'race' of the season . Hoping for good weather, I'll take some gentle rain over wind!

Report back on testing so far ... Tyres: GP5000TL 25c @ 80-90 PSI (road tubeless with continental revo sealant) Distance: Approximately 800kms. Wear: Minimal Punctures: None Routes: "Normal" Cape Town road cycling routes i.e Cape Town Foreshore, Constantia Neck, Cape Point etc. Its only been 3 weeks but overall, but I'm still very happy with the GP5000TLs. Its still early days, but I haven't had a puncture yet (touch wood). I can see a few cuts on the tread in a few places though and I pulled out a chip of glass around 4mm long that was wedged into tread last week - it was successfully stopped by the vectran layer. On the bright side no punctures is awesome, the roads this time of year are noticeable more full of glass - however from a testing perspective I can't tell how well the sealant works yet. The ride feel is still great, with the lower pressure and the smoother feel I sometimes have to double check that I don't have a flat - especially over bad roads where its that much more comfortable . I'm still very much enjoying the improved breaking and cornering, quite a few PRs down Constantia Neck and Chappies where you really notice the difference vs. Gatorskins. They do tend to lose more air though, the pressure seems to drop by about 10 PSI every 3/4 days. I'm guessing its my rim tape that might need to be replaced, for now I'm just going to keep checking the pressure every few rides and topping up.

Yes, it was the simpler option - I was hoping to receive it before my weekend ride, but only got everything yesterday. https://www.evobikes.co.za/continental-revosealant-1000ml.html Its a 1L bottle so you are welcome to get some from me if you'd like to test. It might be an exercise in cursing if the GP 5000's don't handle glass cuts well though!

They finally arrived today and I installed them this evening. The installation reminded me once again of how painful it is to fit tubeless road tires onto my Giant SLR rims! Raw thumbs aside they inflated pretty easily and sealed well. I did a short test ride afterwards - they feel awesome v.s the gatorskins, I can notice the improved grip on braking and cornering, they feel similar to schwalbe pro ones imho. Now for the real test - out on the road to see how they handle the year-end glass carnage - running with revo sealant ...

Cool - maybe Naas can help us out by adding some Orange Seal to their next shipment I will see how the Revo Seal goes, seems its all only arriving next week.

I will have some experience with it next week and let you know how it goes after a few weeks riding . Andreas recommended Orange Seal, but I can't seem to find that locally fast enough to satisfy my curiosity.

Awesome, thank you - I received my shipping confirmation . Hoping they might deliver today, then I'll get to be covered in sealant while I figure out how to do my first road tubeless install.

Awesome, thank you - order placed with some Revo Sealant Looking forward to all the new Strava PRs!

Awesome, please confirm its the tubeless version as per the link and price below? https://www.evobikes.co.za/tyres/road-tubeless-tyres/continental-grand-prix-5000-tl-folding-tyre-700-x-25c.html It won't let me order on the website else I'd buy two right now, looking forward to testing them out - hoping to restore my faith in tubeless road tyres .

Yes, unfortunately. I've already received two "marketing emails" from Titan which I've unsubscribed from .... in addition my LBS phoned me today and were very confused. They said they received a request from Titan to send me quote for a bike, but they know I like my current bikes and know I would chat to them directly if I was looking to buy another one. I told them I only requested the quote to enter the competition!